Analytical and Presentation Medium Considerations in Treatment Acceptability Research

Author

Laura Adlington, St. Cloud State UniversityFollow

Date of Award

5-2018

Culminating Project Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Applied Behavior Analysis: M.S.

Department

Community Psychology, Counseling and Family Therapy

College

School of Health and Human Services

First Advisor

Benjamin Witts

Second Advisor

Michele Traub

Third Advisor

Kimberly Schulze

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.

Keywords and Subject Headings

treatment acceptability, behavioral interventions, video vignettes, culture

Abstract

The purpose of this two-part thesis was to develop a method for analyzing the treatment acceptability (TA) of brief behavioral interventions for common aberrant behaviors and to assess the influence of presentation medium on TA scores. Mothers of young children viewed video vignettes and read scripts depicting an aberrant behavior (i.e., non-compliance, aggression) and a common behavioral intervention (i.e., differential attention, positive reinforcement via token economy, bribery, response cost, time-out, and spanking). Their responses to a variety of TA questions including the Treatment Evaluation Inventory – Short Form (TEI-SF; Kelley, Heffer, Gresham, & Elliot, 1989) were analysed individually and as a group. The results indicated that TA was greater for punishment-based interventions than in previous research, that presentation medium impacted TA scores, and that TA data is best analysed at the individual level to ensure variations are not lost through aggregation.

Recommended Citation

Adlington, Laura, "Analytical and Presentation Medium Considerations in Treatment Acceptability Research" (2018). Culminating Projects in Community Psychology, Counseling and Family Therapy. 47.
https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/cpcf_etds/47